Freedom of Expression and Education
Clip: 8/24/2014 | 9m 15s
Steven Salaita quit his job to work at U of I, which revoked its offer.
After being offered a tenured teaching position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Steven Salaita quit his job at Virginia Tech and moved to Illinois. He would have begun teaching at U of I this fall, but on Aug. 1, Salaita, who is Palestinian-American, was informed that the university was revoking its offer.
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Freedom of Expression and Education
Clip: 8/24/2014 | 9m 15s
After being offered a tenured teaching position at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Steven Salaita quit his job at Virginia Tech and moved to Illinois. He would have begun teaching at U of I this fall, but on Aug. 1, Salaita, who is Palestinian-American, was informed that the university was revoking its offer.
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